2017–18 ABA League First Division

Basketball league season

ABA League First Division

Season| 2017–18
Duration| September 29, 2017–March 12, 2018
(Regular season)
March 18, 2018–April 14, 2018
(Playoffs)
Games played| 142
Teams| 12
TV partner(s)| Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed|  Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVP|  Luka Žorić [1]
Promoted|  Krka
Relegated|  MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Finals
Champions|  Budućnost VOLI (1st title)
Runners-up|  Crvena zvezda mts
Semifinalists|  Cedevita
Mornar
Finals MVP|  Nemanja Gordić [2]
Awards
Top Prospect|  Džanan Musa [3]
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Luka Žorić|  19.71

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Rebounds|  Luka Božić|  7.77
Assists|  Filip Čović|  7.43
Index Rating|  Luka Žorić|  23.24
Records
Biggest home win| Budućnost 104–62 MZT
(11 February 2018)
Biggest away win| MZT 55–96 Olimpija
(3 February 2018)
Highest scoring| Partizan 117–104 Igokea
(21 October 2017)
Highest attendance| 7,237
Crvena zvezda 91–63 Mornar
(18 March 2018)
Lowest attendance| 250
Cibona 79–82 Mornar
(4 March 2018)

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

All statistics correct as of April 14, 2018.

The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the first tier as a part of two level competition.

## Format changes

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On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017–18 season.[1] Having analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the ABA League is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the ABA League founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016–17 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015–16 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following:[1]

* Serbia – three clubs
* Croatia – three clubs
* Slovenia – one club
* Bosnia and Herzegovina – one club
* Montenegro – one club
* Macedonia – one club

Two additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries are Serbia and Montenegro. The places from Serbia will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the Basketball League of Serbia, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the ABA League.[1]

In accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the ABA League for the 2017–18 season are: Cedevita, Zadar, Cibona, Union Olimpija, Igokea, Budućnost VOLI, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Mornar, while the remaining four places (from Serbia), were determined in accordance with the standings in the Basketball League of Serbia.[1]

## Teams

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### National standings

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The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[2]

Country | No. | 2016–17 coeff. | 2017–18 no. of clubs

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Serbia | 3 | 16.25 | 4
Montenegro | 1 | 14.00 | 2
Croatia | 3 | 13.33 | 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 13.00 | 1
Slovenia | 1 | 9.00 | 1
Macedonia | 1 | 9.00 | 1
Total | 10 | best coeff. (+2) | 12

### Team allocation

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League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.

Regular season

Crvena zvezda mts (1st) |  Mega Bemax (4th) |  Cedevita (1st) |  Igokea (1st)
FMP (2nd) |  Budućnost VOLI (1st) |  Cibona (2nd) |  Petrol Olimpija (1st)
Partizan NIS (3rd) |  Mornar (2nd) |  Zadar (6th) |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)

### Venues and locations

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Budućnost

Cedevita

Cibona

Crvena zvezda

FMP

Igokea

Mega

Mornar

MZT

Olimpija

Partizan

Zadar

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 ABA League First Division

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Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 4,000
Cedevita | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović | 5,400
Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović  | 5,400
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić | 5,878 [3]
FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000
Igokea | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050
Mega Bemax | Sremska Mitrovica | Sports Hall Pinki  | 2,500
Mornar | Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski | 7,500
Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić  | 5,878
Petrol Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480
Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić | 7,847

### Personnel and sponsorship

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Team  | Head coach  | Captain  | Kit manufacturer  | Shirt sponsor

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Budućnost VOLI |  Aleksandar Džikić |  Suad Šehović | Spalding | VOLI
Cedevita |  Jure Zdovc |  Roko Ukić | Nike | Cedevita
Cibona |  Ante Nazor |  Marin Rozić | Adidas | —
Crvena zvezda mts |  Dušan Alimpijević |  Branko Lazić | Nike | mts
FMP |  Vladimir Jovanović |  Filip Čović | Champion | FMP
Igokea |  Dragan Bajić |  Vuk Radivojević | GBT  | m:tel
Mega Bemax |  Dejan Milojević |  Nikola Rebić | Adidas | Bemax
Mornar |  Mihailo Pavićević |  Marko Mijović | Adidas | Bar Municipality
MZT Skopje Aerodrom |  Željko Lukajić |  Damjan Stojanovski | Adidas | UNIBanka, triglav
Partizan NIS |  Nenad Čanak |  Novica Veličković | Under Armour | NIS
Petrol Olimpija |  Zoran Martič |  Gregor Hrovat | Macron | Petrol
Zadar |  Aramis Naglić |  Šime Špralja | Champion | OTP Bank

### Coaching changes

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Budućnost VOLI |  Ilias Zouros | 14 April 2017 | Off-season |  Aleksandar Džikić | 22 June 2017
Cedevita |  Veljko Mršić | 9 June 2017 |  Jure Zdovc | 14 June 2017
Cibona |  Damir Mulaomerović | 13 June 2017 |  Slobodan Subotić | 17 June 2017
Partizan NIS |  Aleksandar Džikić | 13 June 2017 |  Miroslav Nikolić | 18 July 2017
MZT Skopje Aerodrom |  Ante Nazor | 15 June 2017 |  Aleksandar Todorov | 15 June 2017
Mornar |  Đorđije Pavićević | 1 July 2017 |  Mihailo Pavićević | 1 July 2017
Crvena zvezda mts |  Dejan Radonjić | 15 July 2017 |  Dušan Alimpijević | 21 July 2017
FMP |  Dušan Alimpijević | 21 July 2017 |  Vladimir Jovanović | 27 July 2017
Cibona |  Slobodan Subotić | 11 November 2017[4] | 9th (3–5) |  Ante Nazor | 13 November 2017[5]
MZT Skopje Aerodrom |  Aleksandar Todorov | 7 December 2017[6] | 12th (2–8) |  Željko Lukajić | 8 December 2017[7]
Partizan NIS |  Miroslav Nikolić | 12 December 2017[8] | 5th (5–6) |  Nenad Čanak | 14 December 2017[9]
Petrol Olimpija |  Gašper Okorn | 8 January 2018 | 11th (5–10) |  Zoran Martič | 8 January 2018[10]

## Regular season

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### League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  |  Crvena zvezda mts | 22  | 19  | 3  | 1955  | 1679  | +276  | 41  | Advance to the playoffs
2  |  Budućnost VOLI | 22  | 17  | 5  | 1863  | 1661  | +202  | 39[a]
3  |  Cedevita | 22  | 17  | 5  | 1798  | 1645  | +153  | 39[a]
4  |  Mornar | 22  | 14  | 8  | 1825  | 1790  | +35  | 36
5  |  Partizan NIS | 22  | 11  | 11  | 1936  | 1893  | +43  | 33  |
6  |  Zadar | 22  | 10  | 12  | 1846  | 1885  | −39  | 32[b]
7  |  Petrol Olimpija | 22  | 10  | 12  | 1738  | 1793  | −55  | 32[b]
8  |  FMP | 22  | 9  | 13  | 1756  | 1763  | −7  | 31
9  |  Mega Bemax | 22  | 8  | 14  | 1849  | 1858  | −9  | 30
10  |  Igokea | 22  | 7  | 15  | 1782  | 1876  | −94  | 29[c]
11  |  Cibona | 22  | 7  | 15  | 1754  | 1890  | −136  | 29[c]
12  |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 22  | 3  | 19  | 1659  | 2028  | −369  | 25  | Relegation to the Second Division

Source: ABA League
Notes:

1. ^ a b Budućnost VOLI 1–1, 1.01; Cedevita 1–1, 0.99
2. ^ a b Zadar 1–1, 1.09; Petrol Olimpija 1–1, 0.92
3. ^ a b Igokea 1–1, 1.03; Cibona 1–1, 0.97

### Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22

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Crvena zvezda mts| 1| 2| 1| 1| 3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 3| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1
Budućnost VOLI| 6| 6| 5| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2
Cedevita| 3| 1| 3| 4| 5| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 2| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3
Mornar| 12| 9| 12| 12| 11| 8| 9| 6| 8| 10| 8| 10| 8| 6| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4| 4
Partizan NIS| 9| 11| 7| 6| 4| 3| 5| 4| 5| 5| 5| 4| 4| 7| 6| 7| 5| 6| 5| 5| 5| 5
Zadar| 8| 12| 9| 11| 12| 12| 10| 11| 11| 9| 6| 5| 6| 5| 7| 5| 7| 7| 7| 7| 6| 6
Petrol Olimpija| 5| 8| 10| 9| 8| 10| 11| 10| 7| 6| 7| 9| 10| 10| 11| 11| 11| 11| 8| 8| 8| 7
FMP| 11| 3| 6| 3| 2| 5| 4| 5| 4| 4| 4| 6| 5| 4| 5| 6| 6| 5| 6| 6| 7| 8
Mega Bemax| 2| 7| 2| 5| 7| 9| 6| 7| 9| 11| 9| 11| 11| 11| 10| 10| 10| 9| 10| 9| 9| 9
Igokea| 7| 5| 4| 8| 9| 6| 7| 8| 6| 7| 10| 7| 9| 9| 8| 8| 8| 8| 9| 10| 10| 10
Cibona| 10| 4| 8| 7| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 8| 11| 8| 7| 8| 9| 9| 9| 10| 11| 11| 11| 11
MZT Skopje Aerodrom| 4| 10| 11| 10| 10| 11| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12| 12

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### Results

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Home \ Away  | BUD | CED | CIB | CZV | FMP | IGO | MEG | MOR | MZT | PAR | OLI | ZAD

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Budućnost VOLI | -- | 66–60  | 71–62  | 92–86  | 87–64  | 81–59  | 84–64  | 79–70  | 104–62  | 86–79  | 88–66  | 87–85
Cedevita | 76–71  | -- | 91–68  | 79–74  | 74–67  | 79–84  | 75–73  | 99–74  | 77–65  | 85–75  | 84–60  | 102–101
Cibona | 87–93  | 100–94  | -- | 87–93  | 84–85  | 87–86  | 95–93  | 79–82  | 77–92  | 74–90  | 96–85  | 78–80
Crvena zvezda mts | 75–79  | 82–66  | 107–69  | -- | 84–77  | 85–80  | 90–80  | 88–77  | 112–73  | 86–74 | 80–76  | 97–67
FMP | 76–93  | 71–80  | 99–79  | 77–100  | -- | 95–73  | 96–88  | 79–84  | 100–72  | 83–71  | 81–86  | 91–76
Igokea | 98–94  | 61–69  | 63–57  | 76–82  | 75–65  | -- | 82–89  | 79–93  | 99–108  | 67–74  | 86–78  | 94–92
Mega Bemax | 83–94  | 77–81  | 95–88  | 85–90  | 74–72  | 99–87  | -- | 91–70  | 106–77  | 89–102  | 77–86  | 71–73
Mornar | 87–81  | 89–94  | 78–82  | 74–82  | 73–81  | 87–83  | 87–83  | -- | 106–75  | 83–81  | 101–81  | 80–70
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 71–93  | 64–85  | 76–83  | 58–92  | 67–72  | 68–77  | 76–92  | 69–72  | -- | 92–89  | 55–96  | 80–85
Partizan NIS | 94–83  | 82–92  | 80–69  | 84–100 | 87–84  | 117–104  | 89–73  | 93–98  | 112–94  | -- | 77–78  | 95–87
Petrol Olimpija | 79–88  | 65–64  | 78–80  | 73–82  | 73–64  | 95–93  | 69–76  | 64–67  | 94–85  | 89–87  | -- | 90–85
Zadar | 78–69  | 76–92  | 79–73  | 76–88  | 83–77  | 82–76  | 95–91  | 77–93  | 105–80  | 97–104  | 97–77  | --

Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

## Playoffs

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Main article: 2018 ABA League Playoffs

The semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.[11]

| Semifinals| | Final

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|  Crvena zvezda mts| 2

| 9–14 April

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|  Crvena zvezda mts| 1

| 18 March–2 April

| |  Budućnost VOLI| 3

|  Budućnost VOLI| 2

|  Cedevita| 1 |

2017–18 ABA League Champions

Budućnost VOLI
1st title

### Semifinals

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3

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Crvena zvezda mts | 2–1  |  Mornar | 91–63 | 84–88 | 88–69
Budućnost VOLI | 2–1  |  Cedevita | 84–83 | 75–82 | 72–57

### Finals

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

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Crvena zvezda mts | 1–3  |  Budućnost VOLI | 76–80 | 69–59 | 77–78 | 73–77 | 0

## Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  |  Budućnost VOLI | 29  | 22  | 7  | 2388  | 2178  | +210  | 51  | Qualification to EuroLeague
2  |  Crvena zvezda mts | 29  | 22  | 7  | 2513  | 2193  | +320  | 51  | Qualification to EuroCup
3  |  Cedevita | 25  | 18  | 7  | 2020  | 1876  | +144  | 43
4  |  Mornar | 25  | 15  | 10  | 2045  | 2053  | −8  | 40
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5  |  Partizan NIS | 22  | 11  | 11  | 1936  | 1893  | +43  | 33  |
6  |  Zadar | 22  | 10  | 12  | 1846  | 1885  | −39  | 32
7  |  Petrol Olimpija | 22  | 10  | 12  | 1738  | 1793  | −55  | 32
8  |  FMP | 22  | 9  | 13  | 1756  | 1763  | −7  | 31
9  |  Mega Bemax | 22  | 8  | 14  | 1849  | 1858  | −9  | 30
10  |  Igokea | 22  | 7  | 15  | 1782  | 1876  | −94  | 29
11  |  Cibona | 22  | 7  | 15  | 1754  | 1890  | −136  | 29
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12  |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 22  | 3  | 19  | 1659  | 2028  | −369  | 25  | Relegation to Second Division

Source: ABA League

## Statistical leaders

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As of 12 March 2018 , after the end of the Regular Season.

### PIR

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1  |  Luka Žorić | Cibona | 23.24
2  |  Uroš Luković | Mornar | 20.90
3  |  Patrick Miller | Partizan NIS | 20.36
4  |  Nigel Williams-Goss | Partizan NIS | 20.30
5  |  Luka Božić | Zadar | 19.09

### Points

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1  |  Luka Žorić | Cibona | 19.71
2  |  Josh Bostic | Zadar | 19.23
3  |  Nigel Williams-Goss | Partizan NIS | 16.85
4  |  Derek Needham | Mornar | 16.82
5  |  Filip Čović | FMP | 15.76

### Rebounds

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1  |  Luka Božić | Zadar | 7.77
2  |  Uroš Luković | Mornar | 7.52
3  |  Devin Oliver | Petrol Olimpija | 7.27
4  |  Jordan Morgan | Petrol Olimpija | 7.18
5  |  Luka Žorić | Cibona | 6.95

### Assists

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1  |  Filip Čović | FMP | 7.43
2  |  Nigel Williams-Goss | Partizan NIS | 6.95
3  |  Dominik Mavra | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 6.25
4  |  Taylor Rochestie | Crvena zvezda mts | 5.95
5  |  Patrick Miller | Partizan NIS | 5.43

Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

## Awards

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MVP
C |  Luka Žorić |  Cibona | [12]
Finals MVP
PG |  Nemanja Gordić |  Budućnost VOLI | [13]
Top Prospect
SF |  Džanan Musa |  Cedevita | [14]
Ideal Starting Five
PG |  Taylor Rochestie |  Crvena zvezda mts | [15]
SG |  Nemanja Gordić |  Budućnost
SF |  Džanan Musa |  Cedevita
PF |  Novica Veličković |  Partizan NIS
C |  Uroš Luković |  Mornar

## MVP List

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### MVP of the Round

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1 |  Mathias Lessort |  Crvena zvezda mts | 30 | [16]
2 |  Will Cherry |  Cedevita | 27 | [17]
3 |  Luka Božić |  Zadar | 32 | [18]
4 |  Luka Žorić |  Cibona | 41 | [19]
5 |  Patrick Miller |  Partizan NIS | 40 | [20]
6 |  Uroš Luković |  Mornar | 31 | [21]
7 |  Milko Bjelica |  Crvena zvezda mts | 35 | [22]
8 |  Derek Needham |  Mornar | 30 | [23]
9 |  Džanan Musa |  Cedevita | 46 | [24]
10 |  Josh Bostic |  Zadar | 29 | [25]
11 |  Roko Ukić |  Cedevita | 28 | [26]
12 |  Nikola Jevtović |  Igokea | 29 | [27]
13 |  Uroš Luković (2) |  Mornar | 40 | [28]
14 |  Josh Bostic (2) |  Zadar | 40 | [29]
15 |  Novica Veličković |  Partizan NIS | 31 | [30]
16 |  Dominik Mavra |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 34 | [31]
17 |  Novica Veličković (2) |  Partizan NIS | 36 | [32]
18 |  Vlatko Čančar |  Mega Bemax | 29 | [33]
19 |  Derek Needham (2) |  Mornar | 29 | [34]
20 |  Danilo Nikolić |  Budućnost VOLI | 33 | [35]
21 |  Novica Veličković (3) |  Partizan NIS | 36 | [36]
22 |  Jordan Morgan |  Petrol Olimpija | 32 | [37]
SF1 |  Nemanja Gordić |  Budućnost VOLI | 30 | [38]
SF2 |  Demetris Nichols |  Cedevita | 30 | [39]
SF3 |  Ognjen Dobrić |  Crvena zvezda mts | 23 | [40]
F1 |  Nikola Ivanović |  Budućnost VOLI | 23 |
F2 |  Alen Omić |  Crvena zvezda mts | 27 |
F3 |  Nemanja Gordić (2) |  Budućnost VOLI | 21 |
F4 |  Filip Barović |  Budućnost VOLI | 23 |

### MVP of the Month

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October |  Patrick Miller |  Partizan NIS | [41]
November |  Milko Bjelica |  Crvena zvezda mts | [42]
December |  Josh Bostic |  Zadar | [43]
2018
January |  Novica Veličković |  Partizan NIS | [44]
February |  Uroš Luković |  Mornar | [45]

## Attendances

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Attendances include playoff games:

Pos  | Team  | Total | High | Low | Average | Change

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1  |  Partizan NIS | 50,500  | 6,300  | 2,850  | 4,591 | −2.5%†
2  |  Crvena zvezda mts | 66,244  | 7,237  | 1,987  | 4,416 | +1.8%†
3  |  Zadar | 47,750  | 6,500  | 2,050  | 4,341 | +30.6%†
4  |  Budućnost VOLI | 51,028  | 6,000  | 1,150  | 3,402 | +34.6%†
5  |  Igokea | 24,080  | 3,000  | 1,550  | 2,189 | +31.7%†
6  |  Mornar | 25,524  | 3,500  | 1,200  | 2,127 | −11.7%†
7  |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 21,700  | 4,000  | 900  | 1,973 | +53.7%†
8  |  Mega Bemax | 15,840  | 2,550  | 700  | 1,440 | +5.5%†
9  |  Petrol Olimpija | 15,700  | 3,000  | 750  | 1,427 | +5.1%†
10  |  Cibona | 15,550  | 3,500  | 250  | 1,414 | +15.2%†
11  |  Cedevita | 16,560  | 2,200  | 800  | 1,380 | −5.2%†
12  |  FMP | 10,050  | 1,350  | 750  | 914 | +76.0%†
| League total  | 360,576  | 7,237  | 250  | 2,539 | +24.1%†

Updated to match(es) played on April 14, 2018. Source: ABA League

## ABA League clubs in European competitions

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EuroLeague |  Crvena zvezda mts | Regular season | 14th (11–19)
EuroCup |  Budućnost VOLI | Quarterfinals | (2) | Eliminated by  Darüşşafaka, 0–2
Cedevita | Top 16 Group G | (1) | 4th (0–6)
Partizan NIS | Regular season Group C | 6th (1–9)
Champions League |  Petrol Olimpija | Regular season Group C | 7th (4–10)
Mornar | Second qualifying round | Eliminated by  Avtodor Saratov, 132–158; transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup | Quarterfinals | (3) | Eliminated by  Donar, 147–168

## See also

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* 2017–18 ABA League Second Division
* 2017 ABA League Supercup
* 2017–18 Junior ABA League
* 2017–18 WABA League

2017–18 domestic competitions

* 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia
* 2017–18 A-1 League
* 2017–18 Slovenian Basketball League
* 2017–18 Prva A liga
* 2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 2017–18 Macedonian First League

Teams

* 2017–18 KK Crvena zvezda season
* 2017–18 KK Partizan season

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Series of decisions made at the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
2. ^ "National standings 2016–2017". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
3. ^ ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500.
4. ^ "Cibona and Slobodan Subotić parted ways". aba-liga.com. 11 November 2017.
5. ^ "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of Cibona". aba-liga.com. 13 November 2017.
6. ^ "Todorov is no longer MZT Skopje Aerodrom head coach". aba-liga.com. 7 December 2017.
7. ^ "Željko Lukajić is the new MZT Skopje Aerodrom head coach". aba-liga.com. 8 December 2017.
8. ^ "Miroslav Nikolić is no longer head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. 12 December 2017.
9. ^ "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. 14 December 2017.
10. ^ "Zoran Martić replaced Okorn at Petrol Olimpija bench". aba-liga.com. 8 January 2018.
11. ^ "ABA League j.t.d. Assembly session took place in Zagreb". www.aba-liga.com.
12. ^ "2017/18 Regular Season MVP: Luka Žorić (Cibona)". www.aba-liga.com.
13. ^ "Playoffs MVP: Nemanja Gordić". www.aba-liga.com.
14. ^ "2017/18 Top Prospect: Džanan Musa (Cedevita)". www.aba-liga.com.
15. ^ "Rochestie heads the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
16. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Mathias Lessort (Crvena zvezda mts)". www.aba-liga.com.
17. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Will Cherry (Cedevita)". www.aba-liga.com.
18. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Luka Božić (Zadar)". www.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
19. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Luka Žorić (Cibona)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
20. ^ "Round 5 MVP: Patrick Miller (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
21. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Uroš Luković (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
22. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
23. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Derek Needham (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
24. ^ "Round 9 MVP: Džanan Musa (Cedevita)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
25. ^ "Round 10 MVP: Josh Bostic (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
26. ^ "Round 11 MVP: Roko-Leni Ukić (Cedevita)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
27. ^ "Round 12 MVP: Nikola Jevtović (Igokea)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
28. ^ "Round 13 MVP: Uroš Luković (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
29. ^ "Round 14 MVP: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
30. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
31. ^ "Round 16 MVP: Dominik Mavra (MZT Skopje Aerodrom)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
32. ^ "MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
33. ^ "Round 18 MVP: Vlatko Čančar (Mega Bemax)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
34. ^ "Round 19 MVP: Derek Needham (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
35. ^ "Round 20 MVP: Danilo Nikolić (Budućnost VOLI)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
36. ^ "Round 21 MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
37. ^ "Round 22 MVP: Jordan Morgan (Petrol Olimpija)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
38. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 1?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
39. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 2?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
40. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 3?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
41. ^ MVP of October: Patrick Miller (Partizan NIS)
42. ^ MVP of November: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)
43. ^ MVP of December: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)
44. ^ MVP of January: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)
45. ^ MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)

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